read_gmt: Read in a GMT file

View source: R/genesignatures.R

read_gmtR Documentation

Read in a GMT file

Description

Returns a list of pathways from a GMT file.

Usage

read_gmt(gmtfile)

Arguments

gmtfile

A character value, containing the location of the GMT formatted file. It can also be a file found online

Value

A list of vectors, one for each pathway in the GMT file.

Examples

# this example reads in the freely available pathways from wikipathways
## Not run: 
mysigs <- read_gmt(
  "http://data.wikipathways.org/20180910/gmt/wikipathways-20180910-gmt-Homo_sapiens.gmt"
)
head(mysigs)
# see how the gene identifiers are encoded as ENTREZ id

## End(Not run)

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